Outdoor learning resources for teachers

A lesson you can lead and a plan for taking your first class outside. Written for primary and elementary teachers working in their own school grounds.

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• Lesson

  Counting life: a 20-minute outdoor science lesson

  A free outdoor science lesson: count living things within ten steps, look and listen, then discuss what makes something alive. Includes the teacher script.

• Guide

  How to plan your first outdoor lesson

  A practical starting plan for primary and elementary teachers: choose a small space, one observation task, a clear boundary and a question to bring back inside.